Meteorology practical and applied / by Sir John Moore.

  • Moore, John W. (John William), 1845-1937.
Date:
1910
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    Mean, direction of wind, Lambert’s formula for, 287 temperature, 93, 94, 95 ; of British Islands, 386 reduction of, to sea-level, 387, 388, 390 and disease, 410 coefficients, 94, 95 how obtained, 94.-95 Meandering lightning, 309 Measles, seasonal prevalence of, 440 ; in London, 441 Measurement of altitudes, 130, 137, 150 fog densities, 204 rainfall, 238, 239 snow, 252, 253 Mechanical barograph, Redier’s, 128 Medical Officers of Health, 42 Medicine and meteorology, 2 State, Diploma in, 3 Melting-point of ice, 76-80 Meniscus, meaning of the term, 140 Mercurial minimum thermometer, 85, 8G, 87-89 barometer, 116 Mercury, specific heat of, 86; specific gravity of, 116 ; as a medium for indicating tempera- ture, 77, 82, 85, 86 ; atmo- spheric pressure, 115 Merle’s Journal of the Weather, 26, 27 Metallic dust in air, 24; barometer, 133 Meteoric dust, 197 Meteorographs, 129, 327 ; Dines’s light, 329, 330 Meteorological Atlas of the British Isles, 383, 388, 389, 392, 393, 396 Committee, 33, 93, 149, 183, 289, 292, 296, 334, 383, 388, 396 Committee. International, 38, 91, 212. 213, 252, 287 Conference, International, 8, 38, 42, 102, 181, 211. 216, 225, 268, 270, 287, 296, 321 information bearing on public health, 391 observations, British, 26, 28 Office, London, 7, 28, 29, 30, 33, 37, 38, 40, 109, 128, 129, 148, 149, 150, 209, 225, 238, 266, 327, 348,383, 388, 394 Meteorological Service, Canadian, 69-74 Society, Royal, 28, 29, 33, 37, 89, 92, 101, 109, 118, 119, 133, 169, 171, 179, 183, 193, 223, 224, 250, 251, 270, 280, 284, 285, 287, 289, 290, 295, 303, 306, 308, 311, 312, 315, 318, 331, 333, 369, 373, 377, 382 Society, Scottish, 28, 29, 33, 109, 305, 383, 386, 387 Year-Book, The British, 37, 38 Meteorological Record, the, 37 Meteorology, meaning of the term, 1, 2 ; “ Dawn of,” a lecture by Dr. G. Hellmann, 1, 75 ; relations existing between medicine and, 2 ; a science, 10 ; practical, 26 Methane in air, 23 Microbes in air, 24, 425, 426, 430 Micrococci of pneumonia, 447, 456 I Micro-organisms in air, 24, 425, 426, 430 Mineral constituents of the atmo- sphere, 24 Minimum thermometers, 83, 85-89, 104, 105 Mist, 190, 193; formation of, 193,207 Scotch, 193 Mistral of the Gulf of Lions, 373 Mists, cholera blue, 416 Model illustrating investigation of upper atmosphere, 336, 338 Moderate climates, 378 Molecular analysis of air, 13 ! Monsoons, Indian, 262, 372 Monte Rosa, fall of snow on, 250 Monthly, summary of weather, 34,36 Weather Report, The, 34, 36, 37 Weather Review, United Slates, 49, 51, 174, 260, 363, 466 Weather Review, Canada. 71, 72 Weather Map, Canada, 72, 74 Moon, watery, 163 Mosquitoes, 364, 365 Mountain, determination of height of, 150 cloud-capped, 202 ranges, effect of, on climate, 352, 362, 363 Munich, International Meteoro- logical Conference, 211, 216, 252, 287 Musical anemometers, 284 Nascent oxygen, 323 Naturc’sabhorrenceof a vacuum, 115